THIBODAUX ā The Fletcher Lecture Series at ¹ū¶³APP will celebrate its 26th anniversary Friday, Nov. 13, with guest lecturer Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel āGilead.ā
Robinsonās lecture ā āIs There One American Culture?ā ā is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session with the author is scheduled for 10:45 to 11:40 a.m. in the Bollinger Memorial Student Unionās Le Bijou Theater. A pre-lecture reception will begin in the Powell Auditorium lobby at 5:30 p.m., followed by the lecture at 6.
Robinson will be available to sign books after the event.
The Fletcher Lecture Series, named after former ¹ū¶³APP department head Marie Fletcher, brings outstanding scholars and writers to ¹ū¶³APP each year. Past presenters include Robert Penn Warren, Ernest Gaines, Maxine Hong Kingston, Henry Louis Gates and Sam Pickering.